Snowden's wife, Lindsay, is expecting a child in late December, the RIA news agency cited Anatoly Kucherena, his Russian lawyer, as saying. US authorities have for years wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges brought in 2013. "After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son. That's why, in this era of pandemics and closed borders, we're applying for dual US-Russian citizenship," Snowden wrote on Twitter. Russia has already granted Snowden permanent residency rights, his lawyer said last month, a vital step towards Russian citizenship.

Source: bd News24 November 02, 2020 07:30 UTC